Post by Tular on Feb 16, 2004 4:52:46 GMT -5
The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. Legends fade to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth comes again.
In learning about the various trolloc tribes, we have very little to go on from the actual books themselves, however if we look at the opening lines of any book, we see that our own myths and legends speak of the horrors of their exploits. As such, I have attempted to compile some details of these tales so that we can better understand each tribe mentioned. As some have both good an bad attributes, we can focus on the more malicious ones for now.
Ahf'frait (Afrit)
A powerful evil spirit or gigantic and monstrous demon in Arabic mythology
Al'ghol (Ghoul)
1. One who delights in the revolting, morbid, or loathsome.
2. A grave robber.
3. An evil spirit or demon in Muslim folklore believed to plunder graves and feed on corpses.
Bhan'sheen (Banshee)
A female spirit in Gaelic folklore believed to presage, by wailing, a death in a family.
Dha'vol (Devil)
Represented with a cloven foot, because by the Rabbinical writers he is called seirissim (a goat).
As the goat is a type of uncleanness, the prince of unclean spirits is aptly represented under this emblem.
1. A perversely bad, cruel, or wicked person: archfiend, beast, fiend, ghoul, monster, ogre, tiger, vampire.
2. One who causes minor trouble or damage: imp, mischief, prankster, rascal, rogue, scamp. Informal : cutup. See GOOD.
Dhai'mon (Demon)
Americans spell it demon; the British often use daemon. Some Americans use daemon to refer not to an evil spirit, but to a lesser classical god or a familiar spirit
1. An evil supernatural being; a devil.
2. A persistently tormenting person, force, or passion: the demon of drug addiction.
3. One who is extremely zealous, skillful, or diligent: worked away like a demon; a real demon at math.
4. Variant of daimon. (Greek Mythology
1. An inferior deity, such as a deified hero.
2. An attendant spirit; a genius.)
Dhjin'nen (Djin)
Inflected forms: pl. jinn also djinn ( jn)
In Muslim legend, a spirit often capable of assuming human or animal form and exercising supernatural influence over people.
Ghar'gael (Gargoyle)
1. A roof spout in the form of a grotesque or fantastic creature projecting from a gutter to carry rainwater clear of the wall.
2. A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
3. A person of bizarre or grotesque appearance.
Ghob'hlin (Goblin)
A grotesque elfin creature of folklore, thought to work mischief or evil.
Middle English gobelin, from Norman French *gobelin, name of a ghost that supposedly haunted the town of Évreux in the 12th century
a small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings
Gho'hlem (Golem)
In Jewish folklore, an artificially created human supernaturally endowed with life.
Ghraem'lan (Gremlin)
1. An imaginary gnomelike creature to whom mechanical problems, especially in aircraft, are attributed.
2. A maker of mischief.
Ko'bal (Kobold)
Cobalt: From the German Kobold (a gnome). The demon of mines
1. An often mischievous household elf in German folklore.
2. A gnome that haunts underground places in German folklore.
Kno'mon (Gnome)
1. One of a fabled race of dwarflike creatures who live underground and guard treasure hoards.
2. In the occult philosophy of Paracelsus, a being that has earth as its element.
None of this, of course, overides anything we can glean from the books themselves, but it may help to fill in the missing gaps.
In learning about the various trolloc tribes, we have very little to go on from the actual books themselves, however if we look at the opening lines of any book, we see that our own myths and legends speak of the horrors of their exploits. As such, I have attempted to compile some details of these tales so that we can better understand each tribe mentioned. As some have both good an bad attributes, we can focus on the more malicious ones for now.
Ahf'frait (Afrit)
A powerful evil spirit or gigantic and monstrous demon in Arabic mythology
Al'ghol (Ghoul)
1. One who delights in the revolting, morbid, or loathsome.
2. A grave robber.
3. An evil spirit or demon in Muslim folklore believed to plunder graves and feed on corpses.
Bhan'sheen (Banshee)
A female spirit in Gaelic folklore believed to presage, by wailing, a death in a family.
Dha'vol (Devil)
Represented with a cloven foot, because by the Rabbinical writers he is called seirissim (a goat).
As the goat is a type of uncleanness, the prince of unclean spirits is aptly represented under this emblem.
1. A perversely bad, cruel, or wicked person: archfiend, beast, fiend, ghoul, monster, ogre, tiger, vampire.
2. One who causes minor trouble or damage: imp, mischief, prankster, rascal, rogue, scamp. Informal : cutup. See GOOD.
Dhai'mon (Demon)
Americans spell it demon; the British often use daemon. Some Americans use daemon to refer not to an evil spirit, but to a lesser classical god or a familiar spirit
1. An evil supernatural being; a devil.
2. A persistently tormenting person, force, or passion: the demon of drug addiction.
3. One who is extremely zealous, skillful, or diligent: worked away like a demon; a real demon at math.
4. Variant of daimon. (Greek Mythology
1. An inferior deity, such as a deified hero.
2. An attendant spirit; a genius.)
Dhjin'nen (Djin)
Inflected forms: pl. jinn also djinn ( jn)
In Muslim legend, a spirit often capable of assuming human or animal form and exercising supernatural influence over people.
Ghar'gael (Gargoyle)
1. A roof spout in the form of a grotesque or fantastic creature projecting from a gutter to carry rainwater clear of the wall.
2. A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
3. A person of bizarre or grotesque appearance.
Ghob'hlin (Goblin)
A grotesque elfin creature of folklore, thought to work mischief or evil.
Middle English gobelin, from Norman French *gobelin, name of a ghost that supposedly haunted the town of Évreux in the 12th century
a small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings
Gho'hlem (Golem)
In Jewish folklore, an artificially created human supernaturally endowed with life.
Ghraem'lan (Gremlin)
1. An imaginary gnomelike creature to whom mechanical problems, especially in aircraft, are attributed.
2. A maker of mischief.
Ko'bal (Kobold)
Cobalt: From the German Kobold (a gnome). The demon of mines
1. An often mischievous household elf in German folklore.
2. A gnome that haunts underground places in German folklore.
Kno'mon (Gnome)
1. One of a fabled race of dwarflike creatures who live underground and guard treasure hoards.
2. In the occult philosophy of Paracelsus, a being that has earth as its element.
None of this, of course, overides anything we can glean from the books themselves, but it may help to fill in the missing gaps.